Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and takes enormous pleasure in creeping out her coworkers. When she's not at work, she's at home watching the Cubs with her cats and her cardigan collection. Other hobbies include scrapbooking, introducing more readers to the Church of Tana French, and convincing her husband that she can, in fact, fit more books onto her shelves.
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Another week, another roundup of library-related news and links to keep you at the top of your game. Today, I’ve pulled a bunch of September and Fall 2025 new releases lists, a ton of assorted book lists to freshen up your displays, and lots of random book-related links that don’t have a better category to go in. Let’s jump in!
September & Fall Releases
- September picks from Amazon, Barnes & Noble (adults, kids), Kirkus, LA Times, New York Times, People, Reactor (fantasy, sci-fi), and Washington Post.
- Book Riot’s best new books of September in every genre, plus September picks for mysteries/thrillers, SFF, romance, nonfiction, queer reads, children’s books, and graphic novels.
- The biggest Fall 2025 picks from CBC, Goodreads, Kirkus, LA Times, New York Times (fiction, nonfiction), Oprah Daily, and Time.
- The best end-of-summer historical fiction.
- New witchy books for fall.
Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists
Children/YA
- 15 picture books that celebrate Hispanic and Latine heritage.
- Creepy picture books for Halloween.
- Children’s books to help kids overcome perfectionism.
- 13 of the best search-and-find books for kids.
- 5 “pick your path” books for kids.
- Middle grade books by Latine authors.
- 32 YA books with magic & mythology.
- 12 YA cosmic horror novels you’ll never forget.
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Adults
- 5 female Spanish speculative writers to be aware of.
- 16 queer road trip books to adventure with.
- 5 SF works about repurposing organs and other body parts.
- Pierce Brown recommends sci-fi novels to take you on an epic journey. (Also please note that this is not Pierce Brosnan, which is how I originally read the headline, and I was very confused.)
- 20 best queer romances of all time.
- 5 hopeful novels about the climate crisis.
- Scandalous trad wife thrillers if you loved The Hunting Wives.
- 7 enemies-to-lovers sports romances.
- Romance novels to read on a plane so that no one bothers you.
- 6 darkly funny horror novels.
- Mysteries & thrillers featuring teachers and professors.
- 7 historical fiction books set in Japanese American concentration camps.
A Smorgasbord of Bookish Miscellanea
- Bidding on a rare first edition of The Hobbit has already exceeded $25,000.
- 7 tips for starting your own book club. Plus, people are trying to deprogram their MAGA parents through book clubs.
- Meet the Bad Bitch Book Club, which offered a three-day members-only reading retreat in Maine. This sounds DIVINE.
- Why The Shining should be considered “literary,” and thoughts about what “literary” even means.
- *sigh* Skibidi has officially been added to the Cambridge Dictionary.
- This middle school teacher got his reluctant readers interested in books by reading aloud.
- A look at zine culture today.
- The NYT’s mini crossword has been paywalled.
- NYC is getting its first horror bookstore. (I want to go to there.)
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